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The following is a short reference to the characteristics of the different field types.
For details, see Field datatypes.
textA one-line text string.
multitextMultiple lines of text.
enumThe value in this field is required to be from a list of specified values, defined at the Support Site.
(See The dbconfig file, for details.
multienumSimilar to the enum datatype, except that the field can contain
multiple values.
enumerated-in-fileSimilar to enum, but the allowed field values are listed in a
separate file on the GNATS server.
multi-enumerated-in-fileSimilar to enumerated-in-file, except that the field can contain
multiple values.
dateUsed to hold dates.
integerUsed to hold integer numbers.